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savagery |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Savagery \Sav"age*ry\ (?; 277), n. [F. sauvagerie.] 1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. A like work of primeval savagery. --C. Kingsley. 2. An act of cruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. --Shak. 3. Wild growth, as of plants. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: savagery n 1: the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: {ferociousness}, {brutality}, {viciousness}, {savageness}] 2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: {brutality}, {barbarity}, {barbarism}]
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